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TIL that people in the 1940s would actually sit in their car trunk to have a beer

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9wZlp TIL that in March of 1945, the United States firebombed Tokyo. This killed over 100,000 civilians, more than the bomb dropped in Nagasaki five months later.
Ryr4 TIL that hard disks are so sensitive to vibration, that just screaming at them diminishes their performance
7r4PO TIL in 2017, a baby was born 4 years after his parents died in a car crash. The grandparents fought a legal battle to be allowed to use the couple's embryos, which had been frozen in liquid nitrogen, and after the birth, all 4 grandparents took DNA tests to establish that the baby was their grandson
6E5n7 TIL The average British adult spends around 3 hours a week on the toilet, but only 1.5 hours a week exercising.
yQEAJ Today I learned that Heterotaxy Syndrome is one of the designations given in those humans whose internal organs are arranged in a different manner than is to be expected